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Personal info

Full name
HOWELL, Frederick Suydam
Date of birth
29 April 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Highland Park, Middlesex County, New Jersey
Hometown
Middlesex County, New Jersey

Military service

Service number
42005377
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
K Company,
3rd Battalion,
290th Infantry Regiment,
75th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
24 December 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Hotton, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
A 15 33

Immediate family

Members
Bertram J. Howell (father)
Virginia A. (Vail) Howell (mother)
Glorianna Howell (sister)

More information

Pfc Frederick S. Howell enlisted in Newark, New Jersey on 21 July 1943. Under the ASTP program, he was sent to Cornell University and was transferred to the infantry when that program curtailed. After further training in Camp Polk and Fort Breckenridge, he was shipped overseas in October 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Astrid van Erp, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, http://75thdivisiondad.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Robert Vail Family File / 1940 Census, www.newspapers.com - The Central New Jersey Home News

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, www.newspapers.com - The Central New Jersey Home News